Fireplace screen



Sept. 12, 1933. 4 i w, w, JACKSON FIREPLACE SCREEN [Filed Dec. 19, 1931 INVENTOR WlLUAM WALTER JA K N ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 12, 1933 PATENT OFFICE FIREPLACE SCREEN William Walter Jackson, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application December 19, 1931 Serial No. 582,079

8 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in fireplace screens of the curtain type. It contemplates the provision primarily of a self-contained structure, all of the parts being assembled together in a single unit whereby transportation and installation are greatly facilitated. Means are also provided for positively precluding the passage of flying brands from the fireplace.

Generally, the invention comprises a support from which are suspended a pair of screen sections slidable longitudinally of the support and operable through the medium of a chain, which is trained over pulleys mounted on flanged angular terminals of the support, to close and collapse the sections. Moreover, the support is slotted in a novel manner to provide for overlapping of the adjacent edges of the sections to effectively prevent the passage of any flying brands.

To the accomplishment of the recited objects and others coordinating therewith the preferred embodiment of my invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and embodied within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a fire place showing the application of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, partly in section showing the operating mechanism and particularly the arrangement of slots in the main support;

Fig. .3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along lines 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken along lines 4-4 of'Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken along lines 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the screen mesh. Referring more particularly to the drawing for a detailed description of my invention, 5 indicates a hollow support having angle pieces 6 and 7 at opposite terminals which may be conveniently anchored at the top of a fireplace opening as shown at 8. The bottom of the support has two longitudinally extending slots 9 and 10 the adjacent extremities 11 and 12 of which overlap at the center of the support, as best exhibited in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Operating in the slots 9 and 10 are a plurality of hangers 13 carrying screen sections 14 and 15. A small chain 16 is connected to the screen sections and trained over horizontal pulley 17, carried by angle piece 6 and r vertical pulleys 18 and 19, mounted on angle piece 7.

are thus prevented from passing through the .tically disposed pulleys mounted on the other ex- In operation one end of the chain 16 as 18 is pulled to cause the screen sections 14 and 15 to collapse against the vertical walls of the fireplace 8, and the other end 19 of the chain is actuated to close the sections as shown in Fig. 1.

When in closed position screen sections 14 and 15 are extended to the end of slots 9 and 10, including the arcuate-like overlapping extremities 11 and 12, and in consequence the adjacent marginal edges of the sections are brought into overlapping relationship. To maintain this position of the sections a small hook 20 secured to the bottom of section 14 is brought into engagement with the mesh of section 15. Flying brands screen at this point. Added to this advantage is the self-contained principle of providing a support and operating parts all combined in a single unit. Still further, I wish to stress the novel idea of closing and collapsing the screen sections at a point remote from the screen sections which are subjected to the maximum heat by means of chain pulls 18 and 19.

In its broader aspects my invention comprises not only the various means shown and described but equivalent means for performing the recited functions. It is desired to reserve the right to efiect such changes and modifications as may fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A fireplace screen comprising a support forming a single channel, said support having angular flanged extensions, hangers arranged to slide in said support, a pair of screens suspended from said hangers, pulleys carried by said extensions, and an operating device trained over said pulleys for opening and closing said screen sections.

2. A fireplace screen comprising a support forming a single channel, hangers arranged to slide in said support, a pair of screens suspended from said hangers, a horizontally disposed pulley carried by one of said extensions,v a pair of verto slide in said support, a pair of screens suspend ed from said hangers, the adjacent edges of said screens overlapping when the screens are closed, and a fastening device disposed at the bottom of said screens.

5. A fireplace screen comprising a support provided with two medially disposed slots extending from opposite ends of said support, said slots having arcuate like overlappin extremities, hangers arranged to slide in said slots, a pair of screens suspended from said hangers, the adjacent edges of said screens overlapping when the screens are closed.

6. A fireplace screen comprising a support having angular flanged extensions, a medially disposed slot formed in said support extending from one end region toward the central region of said support, another medially disposed slot formed in said support extending from the opposite end thereof toward the central region of said support, said slots having arcuate like overlapping extremities, hangers arranged to slide in said slots, a pair of screens suspended from said hangers, pulleys carried by said extensions and a device when the screens are closed.

8. A fireplace screen comprising a support forming a single channel, two medially disposed slots formed in said support extending from opposite end regions thereof, said slots having arcuate like overlapping extremities located in the central region of said support, hangers arranged to slide in said slots and a pair of screens suspended from said hangers, the adjacent edges of said screens overlapping in said central region, when the screens are closed.

WILLIAM WALTER JACKSON. 

